Rugby News

South Africa and Fiji qualified for the Rio Olympics when they reached the Glasgow Sevens quarter-finals on Saturday.

Connacht their hopes of European Champions Cup qualification alive with a 40-10 bonus point win over Zebre.

Zeb Taia scored a try with four minutes remaining as Catalans Dragons recorded a 33-26 win over St Helens on Saturday.

Sale wing Mark Cueto has no regrets about retiring at the end of the campaign, despite producing one of his best performances of the season in his final home game for the club.

Northampton clinched top spot in the Aviva Premiership with a 46-0 thrashing of hapless London Welsh at Franklin’s Gardens.

The Stormers came from behind to defeat the Brumbies 25-24 at Newlands and leap into the Super Rugby play-off places.

Gloucester overcame the first-half dismissal of Matt Kvesic to record a remarkable 35-13 victory over London Irish at Kingsholm.

A superb last-minute conversion from Paddy Jackson snatched a dramatic 23-23 draw for 14-man Ulster against Munster at Ravenhill.

Mark Cueto scored on his final home game in a Sale shirt as they recorded a thrilling 34-28 Aviva Premiership victory over Newcastle at the AJ Bell Stadium.

Toulon showed no signs of a hangover after their third consecutive European title with a five-try 37-21 demolition of struggling Castres.

The Lions came back from a 17-point deficit to beat the Highlanders 28-22 in Johannesburg on Saturday.

Salford are ready to issue life bans to those fans who caused trouble during their Super League fixture against Huddersfield at the AJ Bell Stadium on Friday.

The struggling Western Force completed a season double over the Waratahs after grounding out an 18-11 win in Perth.